How to Use driver in a Sentence

driver

noun
  • He likes to sit at the front of the bus, near the driver.
  • Who was the driver at the time of the accident?
  • We told the taxi driver to take us to the library.
  • There's a problem with the printer's driver.
  • Six of the top-7 drivers on the grid started on black tires.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 16 May 2023
  • The longer a driver stays parked, the more the hourly fee could inch up, Johnson said.
    Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The driver of the pickup truck later returned to the scene of the crash.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2024
  • The cops ride beside us on a horse, telling the float driver to speed up to lose the kids.
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The first bullet missed, while the second struck a cab driver in the groin.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
  • The deputy went to pull over the driver, who took off and got onto state Route 67.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • One of the men on foot walked around the vehicle to the driver's side door, which was opened.
    Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The driver of the Nissan was not injured and stayed near the area of the crash, the department said.
    Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Brian, who works with the dogs, is rubbing the side of his face and waiting for the driver.
    Paul Yoon, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Hollins then yelled for the bus driver to stop and ran off the bus with two other students.
    CBS News, 17 Nov. 2022
  • As a driver in Delhi put it to me, the wedding felt like a slap in the face to India’s poor.
    Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Frantic search for help Taxi drivers, afraid of the police, didn’t stop to help.
    Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Officers then approached as the driver turned the wrong way down a one-way street and stopped.
    Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Jerving repositioned the driver to help stop the flow of blood.
    Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The driver of the pickup was also injured, as were two children in the truck.
    Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 22 June 2023
  • The driver of the Freightliner, who was not named in the report, was not injured.
    Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Police tried to stop the car but the driver sped away from officers, Franklin said.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2023
  • The motorcycle hit the side of the Kia, and the driver of the Kia fled the scene without stopping, police said.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2024
  • At the scene of the crash, two other drivers of two other cars were also present.
    The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The instrument cluster for the driver is a 10.25-inch screen.
    Michael Taylor, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The truck driver, a 38-year-old man from Pompano Beach, Fla., was not injured.
    Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The station said truck drivers often park to get some rest.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The wheel is off-center to the right, as are the pedals, while the driver’s head is positioned right next to the window.
    Charlie Thomas, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025
  • It’s also tied for the lightest-weight driver on our list.
    Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2024
  • This Spider is one of the perks of being a driver, but there’s also the pressure.
    Justin Ray, Robb Report, 15 May 2023
  • O’Brien’s grandfather and father were truck drivers and members of Local 25, and finally, so is O’Brien.
    Jeremiah Poff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025

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